LED dashboard lights

[brummypetepie]

Heater controls...


Thats all im going to say and lets never speak of them again.

Sorry to make you talk about something thats obviously caused you much grief (!) but how id you get this done, how many leds did you use and what fitment type were they??

Ive just ordered some speedhut dials and a new black/grey interiors going into my 2, its a Zircon blue so itll looks the dogs all blued up inside too!

[Alex_Dunn]

i used led wire and blue mini leds

[Davidbeaven]

The heater controls are removed by removing the.

Gear knob
gear knob suround
pannel underneath the streaing wheel
the pannel with the radio in.

There are 4 screws hich hold the heater conrol in, aswell as two cables for Hot/Cold control and two electrical coectors.

get some ulra bight LED's from maplins (preferably wide angle) remove the standard bulds (3 or 4 off) and keep the holers.

Next bit is fiddly.

Unwrap the wire from the holders and replace th bulbs for the LEDs

Sorted


Be brave and take a box of plaster and tin (the tin being for the sware box collection, u should hav a enought change or a pint by the time u have finished)!

Dave

[Davidbeaven]

Sory for the poor quality but....



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[ff_mark]

any more pics of blue lights in the heater controls ? or with it in bits ?

Thanks
Mark

[dan.h]

hey guys,

how do you get behind the dash to fit these bulbs?

is it easy?

[Brian H]

hey guys,

how do you get behind the dash to fit these bulbs?

is it easy?

Very easy, you go in from the front bonnet, climb through a rubber gromit OS "don't forget to take a torch with you,you'll need it and don't forget the bulbs "
You'll need to be quite slim to slip your arm up through where the loom goes and feel for the bulbs " you might even get your head through if it's small enough but put your arm through first with the torch".

HTH

[Joey]

hey guys,

how do you get behind the dash to fit these bulbs?

is it easy?

Very easy, you go in from the front bonnet, climb through a rubber gromit OS "don't forget to take a torch with you,you'll need it and don't forget the bulbs "
You'll need to be quite slim to slip your arm up through where the loom goes and feel for the bulbs " you might even get your head through if it's small enough but put your arm through first with the torch".

HTH

And there's me removing the instrument panel

[p_j_smith]

Anyone considered just using glass paint on the orginal bulbs.

I did that on mine and they worked fine, did all my bulbs in the dash including the ones in my CD player!!!!

You don't get any benefit of longer life or brighter LED's, but you get the better light spread of bulbs and a much easier / cheeper job.

Peter

[dan.h]

Anyone considered just using glass paint on the orginal bulbs.

I did that on mine and they worked fine, did all my bulbs in the dash including the ones in my CD player!!!!

You don't get any benefit of longer life or brighter LED's, but you get the better light spread of bulbs and a much easier / cheeper job.

Peter

any pics?

[p_j_smith]

sorry no, I did this to my MK2 that is long since dead

[m3]

I've seen Dash LED's on E-bay for £15. They use either 3 or 5 LED's. Are you just paying £5 per LED, or is there some kind of fancy decal or extensive fitting kit? Has anyone bought one?

[Goldy]

Check my profile for pics of dash with blue bulbs...

You only need 4 of them

The pic in the profile was using the standard 501 led bulbs they were a bit too focused in places so I fashoned some paper filters for them and they look fine now. Make sure you get ones with frosted glass or wide angle ones when you do it.

Mine came from led lightbulbs they have a .co.uk website somewhere

There is a how 2 in the knowlege base on how to remove your dash... its not a bad job but it can be a bit of a pain to detatch all the wires from the back of it. Took me about 30 mins to do the whole thing

[sprocket]

i did heater controls in blue to match the dash,took about 1/2 hr and cost £5 for the bits from maplins... there is a guy on ebay selling all the leds as a kit for the MR2

[TUR80]

I just need to replace it seems one bulb in the heater control to light up the stick men positions etc.. Where can I get hold of such tiny bulbs seated in a plastic holder?